Income Tax : The update outlines revised compliance forms, timelines, and penalties under the new rules. It highlights a structured transition ...
Corporate Law : The issue was identifying the correct transfer pricing method for intercompany transactions. The conclusion holds that TNMM is app...
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Income Tax : This explains the new block assessment mechanism allowing ALP to apply across multiple years. It emphasizes reduced disputes and s...
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Income Tax : CBDT signed a record number of APAs to provide clarity on transfer pricing and reduce disputes. The framework ensures advance dete...
CA, CS, CMA : KSCAA urged CBDT to extend due dates for assessees under Section 92E, citing an omission in Circular No. 15/2025 that created inco...
CA, CS, CMA : Chartered Accountants Association, Ahmedabad requests extension of ITR and audit due dates for AY 2025-26 citing compressed timeli...
Income Tax : CBDT sets transfer pricing tolerance range at 1% for wholesale trading and 3% for other transactions for AY 2024-25, providing cla...
Income Tax : From April 2025, TPOs can determine ALP for SDTs not initially referred or reported. This ensures accurate adjustments and complia...
Income Tax : The issue was whether high-turnover companies can be compared with a smaller software service provider. The Tribunal held that com...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that transfer pricing adjustment cannot survive without a final assessment order post-DRP directions. Repeating ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that subscription to preference shares cannot be re-characterized as loans in absence of evidence showing sham t...
Income Tax : The tribunal held that the safe harbour limit applies to valuation determined by the DVO, not just stamp duty value. It ruled in f...
Income Tax : The Court held that Tribunal remand is not a fresh reference under transfer pricing law. Hence, limitation expired earlier, entitl...
Income Tax : Notification 157/2025 sets 1% tolerance for wholesale trading and 3% for all other cases for Arm's Length Price variation for AY 2...
Income Tax : CBDT notifies Income Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2025, introducing safe harbour rules for assessment year 2025-26. Full details o...
Income Tax : CBDT sets 1% tolerance for wholesale trading and 3% for other cases under Section 92C for FY 2024-25. No adverse effects from retr...
Income Tax : Stay informed on the latest Income Tax Rule changes with Notification No. 104/2023 by the Ministry of Finance. Learn about amendme...
Income Tax : Read how CBDT's Notification No. 58/2023 amends Income-tax Rules, extending Safe Harbour rules to AY 2023-24. Insights from Minist...
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), on 31st October, 2017, has notified the final set of Rules for Maintaining and Furnishing of Transfer Pricing Documentation under Income Tax Rules 1962. Objective: To introduce provisions for additional TP documentation and Country – by – Country reporting to implement the recommendations contained in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s BEPS report on Action 13 The Draft Rules were issued on 6th October 2017 and kept open until 16th October 2017 for public & stakeholders comments and suggestions, if any, by electronically.
After the recent worldwide implementation of OECD’s recommendations to prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), another forum (The Platform for Collaboration on Tax) has released a discussion draft on The Taxation of Offshore Indirect Transfers – A toolkit (hereafter, referred as the toolkit) for public comments on 1 August, 2017.
The salient features of the Country-By-Country Report and Master File rules are as under: The threshold for the Country-By-Country Report is total consolidated group revenue of Rs. 5,500 crore or more.
Information and documents to be kept and maintained under proviso to sub-section (I) of section 92D and to be furnished in terms of sub-section (4) of section 92D. 10DA. (1) Every person, being a constituent entity of an international group shall,-
Under Transfer Pricing regulation, Safe Harbor rules means binding rules laid down under law which mandates income tax authorities to accept the transfer price declared by the assesse, if opted for. Further section 92CB provides methods for determination of arm’s length price.
CIT Vs Ut Starcom Inc. (India Branch) (Delhi High Court)- When we examine the profile of the assessee company vis-à-vis Infosys Technologies Limited in the light of the judgment in CIT vs. Agnity India Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (supra), there is no comparability for benchmarking the international transactions for the reasons inter alia that Infosys Technologies […]
Avenue Asia Advisors Pvt. Limited Vs. DCIT (Delhi High Court) Broadly, it appears that the ITAT has gone on the usage of several terms such as debt syndication, debt financing, IPO advisory, corporate restructuring, mergers, acquisitions etc, appearing in the annual reports of the comparable to hold that the Assessee and the said comparables perform similar functions.
As a measure of safeguard against base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and following the Action Plan 13 of OECD, of which the India is a member country, the amendment was made recently in the Income Tax Act mandating the maintenance and furnishing of Master File and filing of Country-by-Country Report (CbCR). The draft rules for public discussion relating to the said amendment were notified on 6th October 2017.
In this Article, author has provided his major observations from Draft Rules in respect of Master file, CBCR and Major requirements in Master file as per Draft Rules have been summarized.
It is proposed to insert rulac 10DA, 10DB and form nos. 3CEBA to 3CEBE in the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (`the Rules’), laying down the guidelines for maintaining and furnishing of transfer pricing documentation in the Master File and Country-by-Country report. In this regard, the following guidelines are proposed to be prescribed:
